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REPORT 

OF  A 

SPECIAL  COMMIl'l'EE 

OF 

SEVEN  BANKERS 

APPOINTED  BY  THE  MAYOR  AT  THE  MEETING  OF  THE 

COMMITTTEE   ON    RECONSTRUCTION 
OF    SAN    FRANCISCO 

TO  DEVISE  WAYS  AND  MEANS  FOR  RAISING  FUNDS 
FOR  THE 

RELIEF  OF  THE  STRICKEN  PEOPLE 

OF 

CHILI 

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Relief  of  the  Stricken  People  of  Chili. 


James  D.  Phelan,  Chairman Mutual  Savings  Bank 

W.  J.  Barnett,  Vice-Chairman Montgomery  Block 

J.  Dalzell  Brown,  Treasurer .  .  Cal.  Safe  Deposit  &  Trust  Co. 

Andrea  Sbarboro  Italian-American  Bank 

I.  W.  Hellman Wells-Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 

William  Babcock Security  Savings  Bank 

William  C.  Murdock Western  National  Bank 

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SUB-COMMITTEES 

Appointed     by    the    Special     Bankers'    Committee    of 

Seven,  with  the  Approval  of  the  Mayor,  to  Solicit 

Contributions,  Especially  from  those  in  their 

Respective    Lines   of    Business,   for    the 

RELIEF  of  the  PEOPLE  of  CHILI. 


MERCHANTS'  ASSOCIATION. 
Frank  J.  Symiiics,  Chairman. 


SPECIAL  (South  American  Merchants). 

Robert   Hiiie,   Chairman,   care  of  W.   R.   Grace   &  Co. 

Tribune  Bldg.,  Oakland. 
Arthur  Page,  care  of  Page  Bros. 


REAL    ESTATE    DEALERS. 

J.  R.  Howell,  Chairman. 
A.  J.  Rich.  •  J.  H.  Speck. 

Spencer  Buckbee.  W.  Isaacs. 


ATTORNEYS. 

Garrett  W.  JMcEnerney,  Chairman. 
T.  C.  Van  Ness,  Kohl  Bldg. 


RETAIL   MERCHANTS. 

J.  W.  Raphael,  Chairman. 
Achille  Roos.  Raphael  Weill. 

R.  L.  Radke.  F.  W.  Dohrmann,  Jr, 

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ARCHITECTS. 

William  Cnrlctt,  Chairman. 
Jas.  W.  Reid.  H.  A.  Schulze. 


WHOLESALE    MEPXHANTS. 

Joseph    Sloss,    Chairman. 
Andrew  Carrigan.  Wakefield  Baker. 

Fred  Tillman.  R.  P.  Schwerin. 

David  F.  Walker. 


CONTRACTORS. 

J.  A.  Deneen,  Chairman. 
C.  E.  Loss.  J.  J.  Mahony. 


CHAMBER    OF    COMMERCE. 
Captain  Wm.  11.  Marston. 


LABOR    ORGANIZATIONS. 

P.  FI.  McCarthy,  Chairman. 

W.'  R.   Hagerty,    President   S.    F.    Labor   Council,    Mowry 

Flail,  LagTina  and  Grove  Streets. 


NEWSPAPERS. 
M.  H.  De  Young,  Chairman. 
John  D.  Spreckels.  \V.  R.  Plearst. 

R.  A.  Crothers. 


BANKS. 

William  C.  IMurdock,  Chairman. 

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TREASURERS'    STATEMENT. 

Receipts. 

Cash  subscriptions  as  per  list  herewith $18,504  09 

1906  Disbursements. 

Aug.   21.     To   the    President   of   the 

Republic  of  Chili,  by  cable $10,000  00 

Dec.  6.     To  the  American   Minister 

in  Chili,  by  cable 5,ooo  00 

Dec.  6.  To  the  American  National 
Red  Cross,  Washington,  D.  C, 
for  the  Chili  Relief  Fund 3,400  00 

Expenses    104  09 

$  I  (8,504  09 

CHILI    RELIEF    FUND. 

The  following  letter  addressed  by  the  Chairman  to  the 
American  Minister  in  Chili  briefly  states  the  disposition  of 
the  Chili  Relief  Fund : 

December  6th,   1906. 

I  have  this  day  on  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco sent  you  Five  Thousand  ($5,000.00)  Dollars  by  cable 
for  the  benefit  of  the  sufferers  of  the  Valparaiso  disaster, 
which  you  will  please  deliver  to  the  proper  authorities  on  its 
recei])t,  giving  credit  to  the  citizens  of  San  Francisco. 

The  day  after  the  disaster,  the  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco sent  by  cable  Ten  Thousand  ($10,000.00)  Dollars  di- 
rectly to  the  President  of  the  Republic  of  Chili.  I  am  not 
aware  of  any  formal  acknowledgement  of  this  gift,  but  in 
the  newspapers,  I  observe  that  it  was  the  first  foreign  dona- 
tion received  and  was  greatly  appreciated.  Will  you  kindly 
see  that  both  the  gifts  are  formally  acknowledged? 

I  have  advised  the  American  National  Red  Cross  at 
Washington  of  these  transactions  and  have  also  sent  them  a 
draft  for  Thirty-four  Hundred  ($3,400.00)  Dollars  to  aug- 
ment their  Chili  Relief  Fund,  so  that  the  total  contribution 
of  the  citizens  of  San  Francisco,  raised  by  popular  subscrip- 
tion for  the  relief  of  Valparaiso  and  environs  is  $18,400.00. 

San  Francisco  is  fast  recovering  from  the  disaster  by 
which  the  business  part  of  the  city  was  on  April  i8th  last 
destroyed,  and  desires  to  express  its  sympathy  for  the  suf- 
fering people  of  her  sister  city,  occupying  the  same  position 
on  the  Pacific  in  the  South  as  San  Francisco  does  in  the 
North. 

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CHILI   RELIEF   FUND. 

Subscriptions. 

Alaska  Packers'  Association $  250  00 

Anglo  California  Bank 200  00 

American  National  Bank 100  00 

Arnstein,  Simon  &  Co 100  00 

Aloha  Chapter,  No.  206,  O.  E.  S 25  00 

Allen,  the  Wiley  B.  Co 10  00 

Adams,  J.  A 10  00 

Anglo  American  C.  &  G.  Co 5  00 

Accounts,  Audits  and  Systems  Co 5  00 

A.  R 5  00 

Bellingham  Bay  Lumber  Co 500  00 

Bemis  Bros.  Bag  Co 250  00 

Barth,  J.  &  Co 100  00 

Bartnett,  W.  J 100  00 

Baker  &  Hamilton 100  00 

Boyd,  John  F 100  00 

Baldwin   &  Howell    100  00 

Borel,  A.  &  Co 100  00 

Bank  of  British  North  America 100  00 

Brown,  J.  Dalzell   100  00 

Bishop,  Chas.  R 50  00 

Boardman,  W.  F 50  00 

Bogue,  V.  G 50  00 

Baldwin  Jewelry  Co 25  00 

Breuner,  the  John   Co 25  00 

Bickford,  C.  E 25  00 

Brown  Bros.  &  Co 25  00 

Berton,  G.  A 20  00 

Brown,  Chas.  &  Son   10  00 

Bernstein,  S.  L 10  00 

B.  L.  AV 5  GO 

Bausch  and  Lamb  Optical  Co 5  00 

Bruce,  Miss  G 5  00 

Blakeman.  T.  Z 5  00 

Burd,  William    3  00 

Barth,  Herman 2  00 

Buterbaugh,  D.  S , , 2  00 

Baum,  Fred ^P?^X4"^:  r  .^tOil^^ i  00 

California,  Bank  of 250  00 

Crocker  Wool  worth  National  Bank 150  00 

Cebrian,    J.    C 100  00 

Central  Trust  Co 100  00 

California  Paper  and  Board  Mills 100  00 

Carried  Forward   $  3^2/8  00 


—5— 


Brought  Forward   S  3,278  00 

Cowell,   E.  V 100  00 

Curlett,  Wm 100  00 

California  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Co 100  00 

Chamber  of  Commerce    100  00 

Christian  Scientists  of  Belvedere    80  55 

Cash    50  00 

Cash,  C.  S.  D.  &  T.  Co 50  00 

Costa,  Jose   50  00 

Chamberlin,  Joseph 50  00 

California  Casket   Co 5°  00 

Canadian  Bank  of  Commerce   50  00 

California  Safe  Deposit  &  Trust  Co.,  employes  of.  31  00 

City  and  County  Bank 25  00 

California  Barrel  Co 25  00 

Crescent  Feather  Co 25  00 

City  of  Paris  Dry  Goods  Co 25  00 

Carlson  Currier  Co 25  00 

California  Baking  Co 20  00 

Cunningham  Curtiss  &  Welch 20  00 

Clarke,  W.  R.  P 10  00 

Collins,  S.  M 10  00 

Clinton,  Dr.  C.  A 10  00 

Campbell,  James   10  00 

California  Saw  Works 10  00 

California  Optical  Company 10  00 

Carrau  &  Green 10  00 

Coulters  Rattan  Works 10  00 

Curry,  O.  S 5  00 

Christesen,  M.  A.  C 5  00 

Continental  Building  &  Loan  Association 5  00 

Chrestoffersen  and  Tway   5  00 

Chrestofifersen  and  Tway  2d  subscription 5  00 

Cash    5  00 

Cash    5  00 

Cerruti  Mercantile  Company 5  00 

Capp,  C.  S 5  00 

Cash    2  50 

Cash    2  00 

Cash    2  GO 

Cash    I  00 

Deneen  Bldg.  Co 500  00 

Dempster  Estate  Co 100  00 

Dunham,  Carrigan   &   Hayden    100  00 

Donohoe  Kelly  Banking  Co 50  00 

Deutsch,  1 25  00 

Driscoll,  T.  A 10  00 

Carried  Forward   $  5J72  05 

—6— 


Brought  Forward   $  5,172  05 

Domestic  Laundry    10  00 

Dorey  and  Cunningham    5  00 

Davies,  A.  H.  M 5  go 

Emporium,  The   100  00 

Evans,  Rev.  David   20  00 

Elgin  National  Watch  Company 5  00 

Ehrenpfort,  William 5  00 

Flood,    James    L 250  00 

Friedman,   AI.   &  Company    100  00 

French    American    Wine    Co 25  00 

Friend,   A    25  00 

Frank,  S.  H.  &  Company 25  00 

Frank,  Josephine  S 20  00 

Finn,  John,  Metal  Works   10  00 

Freeman,  J.   E 10  00 

Farnsv/orth  Electrical  Works 5  00 

Friend,  A 2  00 

Friend,   A    i  00 

Friend,   A    i  00 

Friend,   A    i  00 

Gladding  ivIcBean  &  Co 250  00 

German  Savings  &  Loan  Society   200  00 

Goldberg  Bowen  &  Compan}^ 150  00 

Ghirardelli  Co.,  D 100  go 

Gunst,  -d.  A.  &  Co 100  00 

Greenebaum,  Weil  &  Michels 50  00 

Germania  National  Bank 50  00 

Grace  Church 30  00 

Gantner  &  Aiattern  Company 25  00 

Gibbons,  Dr.  Henry  Jr 25  00 

Gottlob,  Mrs.  J.  J 25  00 

Gottlob,  Joseph   25  00 

Greenewald,  O.  H 20  00 

Graves,  W.  E 10  go 

Golden  Gate  Compressed  Yeast  Co.,  The 10  00 

Gullixson  Bros.,  Inc 5  go 

Greenzweig,  George  &  Company 5  00 

Gale,   Franklin   W 

Haas  Bros 100  go 

Herrin,  William  F lOO  00 

Haslett  Warehouse  Company,  the 100  00 

Humboldt  Savings  Bank 100  00 

Howard,  John  G 100  00 

Hale  Bros lOO  00 

Hongkong  &  Shanghai  Banking  Corporation loo  oo 

Hind,  Rolph  &  Company IGO  00 

Carried  Forvv^ard   $  7,677  05 

—7— 


Brought  Forward   $  7,677  05 

Haldeman,  H.  M 50  00 

Hoffman,  Rothschild  &  Company 50  00 

Hewlett,    Bancroft    &    Ballantine 5000 

Hecht,  Joel  &  Elias  M 50  00 

Harron,  Richard  and  McCone   50  00 

Hueter,  E.  L 50  00 

Hey  wood  Bros.  &  Wakefield  Company 25  00 

Hooper,  C.  A.  &  Co 25  00 

Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Co 25  00 

Hirshberg,  J.  1 25  00 

Hunt  Bros.  Co 25  00 

Hughson  &  Merton,  Inc 10  00 

Heyman  &  Lipman 10  00 

Hromada  Co.,  Adolph 10  00 

Heyneman  &  Company 10  00 

Hall,  A.  I.  &  Son,  Inc 10  00 

Hooker  &  Lent 10  00 

Howard,  E.  A.  &  Company 10  00 

Heyman-Weil  Company    10  00 

Heinemann   &   Stern    10  00 

Heins  Belting  Company,  Alex   10  00 

Hammersmith  &  Field 5  00 

Hutchinson,  Joseph    5  00 

Harrison,  S.I 5  00 

Italian  American  Bank   100  00 

Johnson  Locke  jNIercantile  Co 100  00 

Johnson,  Harry  Company 25  00 

Judell  &  Company,  H.  L 5  00 

Kelley  Clarke  Company,  Seattle 100  00 

Kruse,  J.  H 25  00 

Kullman,  Salz  &  Company 25  00 

Kelly,  James  R 10  00 

Katschinski,  B 10  00 

Kohlberg  &  Company 10  00 

Kohlberg,  M.  S.  &  Company 5  00 

Law.  Hartland 200  00 

London,  Paris  and  American  Bank 100  00 

Loss,  The  C.  E.  Company 100  00 

Leah}^  W.  H 100  00 

Livingston  Bros 50  00 

Livingston  &  Company 25  00 

Liebes    &    Company    25  00 

Louvre,  The   25  00 

Lauinger,  S.  P 25  00 

Lennon,  John  A lO  00 

Lippman  Bros.,  Inc 10  00 

Carried  Forward   $  9,302  05 


Brought  Forward   $  9-302  05 

Lengfeld's  Pharmacy   5  00 

Levenson  Company 5  00 

Larsen,  Carl  G 5  00 

Lorraine,  M.  J 5  00 

Loewe,  Wm.  G 5  00 

Mullally,  Thornwell   100  00 

Mission  Bank,  The 100  00 

Murphy  Grant  &  Company 100  00 

Mercantile  Trust  Co 100  00 

Mahoney,  J.  J 100  00 

Mahoney,   Jeremiah    100  00 

Meyer,  Wilson  &  Company 100  00 

Mitsui  &  Company 100  00 

Mutual  Savings  Bank   50  00 

Market  Street  Bank 50  00 

Morgan  &  Allen So  00 

Meyers  &  Ward 50  00 

Mechanics'  Savings  Bank 25  00 

Moore,  Ferguson  &  Co 25  00 

Murasky,  Frank  J 25  00 

Moran,  Edward  F 25  00 

McDonald,  F.  W 25  00 

Morgan  Oyster  Co.,  The   25  00 

Meyer  &  O'Brien 25  00 

Marx,  Flora 25  00 

Malm,  C.  A.  &  Company 20  00 

Moore,  Chas.  C.  &  Co 20  00 

Manhcim,  Dibbern  &  Co 20  00 

Muller  &  Raas  Co 20  00 

Mayo,  Charles 10  00 

A/liller,  W.  A.  &  Co 10  00 

Merrill,  George  A 10  00 

Mooser,  William   10  00 

Manson,  Marsden   5  00 

Marsh,  G.  T 5  00 

May  hew,  F.  E.  &  Company   2  50 

Moore,  Sam  L 2  50 

M.  E.  D 2  50 

Meyer,  David 2  00 

Nightingale,  John    100  00 

National  Bank  of  the  Pacific 50  00 

Newman  &   Levison    50  00 

Neustadter  Bros ,  50  00 

Nathan-Dohrmann  Co 25  00 

National  Ice  Co 20  00 

Otis,   McAllister  Co 100  00 

Carried  Forward   Jpi  1,061   55 

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Brought  Forward   j]>i  1,061   55 

Orpheum  Circuit  Company 100  00 

Pissis,  Albert   500  00 

Port  Blakely  Milling  Co 500  00 

Phelan,  James  D 250  00 

Page,  Charles  250  00 

Pacific  Hardware  and  Steel  Company 200  00 

Pope  &  Talbot    100  00 

Page  Brothers 100  00 

Parrott  &  Company 100  00 

Paraffine  Paint  Co.,  The 100  00 

Peyton,  William  C 50  00 

Pacific  Tool  and  Supply  Co 25  00 

Phillips,  M.  &  Co 20  GO 

Petaluma  Ministerial  Union    16  50 

Phoenix  Packing  Co 10  00 

Pratt,  Ransom    10  00 

Pope,  Mrs.  S i  00 

Reid   Brothers    150  00 

Reinstein,  J.  B 100  00 

Roos  Bros 100  00 

Ruef,  A 100  00 

Robinson,  Aubrey 50  00 

Rapp,  John  and  Son 50  00 

Rehfisch,  M 20  00 

Roth,  Blum  &  Company 20  00 

Rich,  A.  J.  &  Co 10  00 

Roussel  &  Davidson 5  00 

Rothschild,  John  &  Company   5  00 

Roesli,  F 2  00 

Rockstroth,  F.  E 2  00 

Science  Relief  Committee  295  00 

Strauss,  Levi  &  Company 250  00 

San  Francisco  Savings  Union 100  00 

San  Francisco  National  Bank   100  00 

Savings  &   Loan   Society    100  00 

Security  Savings  Bank 100  00 

Selby  Smelting  and  Lead  Co 100  00 

Sloane  and  Compan}',  W.  and  J 100  00 

Schmitz,  E.  E 100  00 

Sperry  Flour  Company 100  00 

Steinhart,   1 100  00 

Schussler  &  Company,  Inc 100  00 

Schulze,  Henry  A 100  00 

Simpson  Lumber  Company   100  00 

Seaboard    Bank    50  00 

Scandinavian  American  Savings  Bank 50  00 

Carried  Forward   $15,853  05 

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Brought  Forward   $15,853  05 

Shainwald,  Bnckbee  &  Co 50  00 

S.   H 50  GO 

Shea,  Frank    50  00 

Sachs,  Sanford   25  00 

Savannah  &  Goldstone 25  00 

Speck  &  Co 25  00 

Simmen,  John    25  00 

"Sacramento,"   W 20  00 

Somers  &  Co 20  00 

Samson,  Mrs.  R 20  00 

Sterling  Furniture  Co 20  00 

Shainwald,  R.  S 20  00 

Samuels,  Louis  T 15  00 

Sweeney   &   McCarthy    10  00 

Schnaittacher,  Sylvian 10  00 

Schussler  Brothers   10  00 

Steinberger  &  Kalisher 10  00 

San  Francisco,  Bank  of  Greater 10  00 

Samuels,  Maurice  V 10  00 

Solomon,  C,  Jr 10  00 

Sympathizer,  A   10  00 

Sheppard,  William    5  00 

Schultz,  William  A 5  00 

S.  R 5  GO 

S.  H.  A 5  GO 

Soboslay,  J 5  go 

Subscriber  of  "The  Call"   5  00 

Tillman   &   Bendel    100  00 

Tacoma  Mill  Co 100  00 

Tay,  George  H.  Co 50  00 

Thorner,  Theo 20  go 

Tobin,  Joseph  S 10  go 

Tobin,  Richard  M 10  00 

Tobin,  C.  P 10  GO 

Tobin,  E.  J 10  00 

United  States  Mint,  Employes  of 192  04 

Union  Trust  Company 100  00 

United  States  National  Bank 100  00 

Umbsen,  G.  li.  &  Company lOO  go 

Uhl   Brothers    50  00 

Union    Lumber    Company    So  go 

Upham,  Isaac  Company   10  oo 

Van  Ness  &  Denman 200  00 

Vermeil,  J.  L 20  00 

Van  Arsdale-LIarris  Lumber  Company    20  go 

Vickery,    William    K lo  go 

Carried  Forward   $17,490  09 


Broiis^Iit  Forward   $17,490  09 

Van  Laak  Manufacturini^  Company,  The 10  00 

Western  National  Bank 100  00 

Wells  Fargo  Nevada  National  Bank 100  00 

Williams,  Dimond  &  Co 100  00 

Weill,   Raphael   &   Co 100  00 

Walker,  David  F 100  00 

Welch  &  Company 100  00 

Walter,  D.  N.  &  E 100  00 

Wellman,  Peck  &  Company 50  00 

Woodward,  W.  A.  &  Co 50  00 

Weinstock,  Lubin  &  Co 50  00 

Waterhouse  &  Lester  Company  50  00 

Whittier  Coburn  Company 25  00 

Williams  &  Surryhne 25  00 

Weniger,  P.  J.  &  Co 15  00 

Wonder  Millinery  Company    10  00 

Weissbein,   Jacob    10  00 

Wieland  Brothers,  Inc 5  00 

Wieland,  C.  F 5  00 

Wilfert  Brothers   5  00 

Willits,  Charles  D 2  00 

White,  J.  J 2  GO 

$18,504  09 


DECEMBEE  13,   1906. 
His  Honor,  the  Mayor  of  San  Francisco,  California — 

Dear  Sir:  I  have  received  through  tlie  Canadian  Bank  of  Com- 
merce, New  York,  by  cable  to  the  Bank  of  Tarapaca  and  Argentina, 
Valparaiso,  the  sum  of  $5000  American  gold,  the  gift  of  citizens  of 
San  Francisco  to  the  earthquake  sufferers  in  Valparaiso. 

I  delivered  yesterday  to  the  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs  a 
certificate  of  deposit  for  the  amount,  in  Chilean  currency. 

As  you  probably  know,  the  first  donation  received  in  Santiago 
was  the  sum  of  $10,000  American  gold,  from  the  citizens  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. I  delivered  the  certificate  of  deposit  to  the  President  three 
or  four  days  after  the  earthquake.  This  latter  gift  makes  $15,000,  a 
wonderful  act  of  chaiity  from  a  city  stricken  in  a  like  manner  only 
a  few  months  since. 

As  no  name  was  mentioned  in  the  notice  from  the  bank,  I  send 
this  acknowledgement  to  you  and  I  shall  be  glad  if  you  will  notify  the 
proper  persons  that  the  money  has  been  delivered  to  the  Chilean 
authorities.  Very  sincerely  yours, 

JOHN  HICKS, 
liinerican  Minister. 


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